9 October: Class presentation on New Zealand



PRONUNCIATION
GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY
COMMUNICATION
sight (sounded like side - vowel too long)
I have spent > I spent (completed action)
good fluency, very easy to listen to
image (stress 1st syllable, reduce 2nd)
if I mention X, it's because > the reason I mention X is that
more structure would have been welcome - announce a plan and give transitions
South PaCIFic
a billion of seabirds > billions of seabirds
intonation at the end - sound more convincing on the very last sentence!
has 'two 'main 'ISlands
you can see on both banknotes birds > you can see birds
on both bank notes (ADVERB PLACEMENT)

th (sounds like Z) this
(sounds like f) with
she was at the origin > she was a founder member,
she was a key campaigner for

'HElen 'CLArk, 'Kate 'Shepherd
the Labour Party

intonation - jerky delivery: too many stresses
long vowels are too short
HC is prime minister since > HC has been prime minister since

DEcades
has two part_ > parts

house /aʊ/


special vs spatial


perform > perFORM


optimism > OPtimism